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单词 splitting
释义

splitting

adjective

split·​ting ˈspli-tiŋ How to pronounce splitting (audio)
: that splits or causes to split: such as
a
: causing a piercing sensation
a splitting headache
b
: very fast or quick
racing off at a splitting pace Charles Dickens
c
: sidesplitting
a splitting laugh

Synonyms

  • blistering
  • breakneck
  • breathless
  • brisk
  • dizzy
  • fast
  • fleet
  • fleet-footed
  • flying
  • galloping
  • hasty
  • hot
  • lightning
  • nippy
  • quick
  • rapid
  • rapid-fire
  • rattling
  • snappy
  • speedy
  • swift
  • whirlwind
  • zippy
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Example Sentences

the horse took off at a splitting gallop
Recent Examples on the Web Once a solidly Democratic bloc, Latino voters are emerging as a swing group available to both parties, with its voting preferences splitting along economic and class lines. Aaron Zitner, WSJ, 14 Sep. 2022 Wedged between the Ohio and Mississippi rivers, the state's southern tip still looks and feels a lot like Illinois did in the early 1800s when the infamous Trail of Tears passed this way and a youthful Abraham Lincoln was still splitting rails. Joe Yogerst, CNN, 4 Sep. 2022 Now Vito's son, Dominic, is a sophomore quarterback at Bergen Catholic, splitting duties with senior Jack Duffy. Richard Obert, The Arizona Republic, 1 Sep. 2022 The state’s opioid epidemic also continues to rage, splitting families and pushing children into the child welfare system. BostonGlobe.com, 9 June 2021 The Biden administration on Tuesday disclosed details of its strategy to make more vaccines available by splitting doses into fifths. Wired, 11 Aug. 2022 The manufacturer for the monkeypox vaccine is sharing concerns after the Biden Administration announced plans to stretch the nation's limited supply by splitting doses and changing how they are administered. Vanessa Etienne, Peoplemag, 11 Aug. 2022 Buffalosuns are a beautiful combination of yellow, orange, and red, and have a high yield with minimal splitting skin. Andrea Beck, Better Homes & Gardens, 10 Aug. 2022 In those early years, the military and VA doctors couldn’t say what caused his breathing problems and splitting headaches. Kaiser Health News, oregonlive, 10 Aug. 2022 See More

Word History

First Known Use

1593, in the meaning defined above

splitting 1 of 2

adjective

as in galloping
moving, proceeding, or acting with great speed the horse took off at a splitting gallop

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • galloping
  • rapid
  • fast
  • quick
  • flying
  • rattling
  • brisk
  • blistering
  • lightning
  • swift
  • whirlwind
  • accelerated
  • at speed
  • breakneck
  • speedy
  • fleet
  • hot
  • hasty
  • hurried
  • rapid-fire
  • zippy
  • breathless
  • dizzy
  • rushed
  • snappy
  • rush
  • strong
  • ready
  • prompt
  • nippy
  • hastened
  • vigorous
  • fleet-footed
  • expeditious
  • breathtaking
  • quickened
  • energetic
  • strenuous
  • ultrafast
  • high-speed
  • ultrarapid

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • dragging
  • slow
  • crawling
  • lingering
  • deliberate
  • sluggish
  • pokey
  • plodding
  • dallying
  • poking
  • leisurely
  • laggard
  • languid
  • poky
  • unhurried
  • measured
  • late
  • dilatory
  • dillydallying
  • tardy
  • dawdling
  • slowish
  • ultraslow
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splitting

2 of 2

verb

present participle of split
as in dividing
to set or force apart split logs for the winter's supply of wood

Synonyms & Similar Words

  • dividing
  • separating
  • disconnecting
  • severing
  • resolving
  • pulling
  • divorcing
  • parting
  • dissociating
  • isolating
  • detaching
  • disuniting
  • disassociating
  • decoupling
  • disjointing
  • disjoining
  • uncoupling
  • subdividing
  • dissecting
  • ramifying
  • sundering
  • decomposing
  • fragmenting
  • unlinking
  • dissolving
  • cleaving
  • tearing
  • ripping
  • dissevering
  • disintegrating
  • partitioning
  • unyoking
  • halving
  • breaking up
  • bifurcating
  • breaking
  • fracturing
  • bisecting
  • disassembling
  • segmenting
  • segregating
  • fractionating
  • quartering
  • rending
  • rupturing
  • trisecting
  • dichotomizing
  • unraveling
  • fragmentating
  • breaking down
  • disentangling
  • fractionalizing
  • insulating
  • riving
  • fragmentizing
  • sequestering
  • cutting off
  • rifting
  • secluding
  • disengaging
  • untying
  • untieing

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • mixing
  • combining
  • joining
  • uniting
  • linking
  • assembling
  • blending
  • connecting
  • unifying
  • coupling
  • mingling
  • associating
  • closing
  • attaching
  • sticking
  • binding
  • accumulating
  • fusing
  • cementing
  • welding
  • fastening
  • knitting
  • agglutinating
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